The Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma has approved the appointment of Dr Umunna Humphrey Orjiako as special liaison officer, Abuja.
The appointment is with immediate effect.
Dr Orjiako, a retired foremost foreign service officer was a one-time ambassador to Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein with concurrent accreditation as permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office and other international organisations at Geneva.
Credited with invaluable global outreach and capacity at high levels of bilateral and multilateral international governance and cooperation, Dr Orjiako, in the course of his career, served as director to four former ministers in Nigeria – Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Prof Joy Ogwu, the late Chief Ojo Maduekwe and Dr Odein Ajumogobia (SAN).
An indigene of Ehime Mbano, Imo State, Dr Orjiako was educated at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, the University of Lagos and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Massachusetts.
